The Buzz:
A line brawl. Goonery. A blowout score. The home team was booed off the ice.
It was the 1970s all over again last night when the Philadelphia Flyers embarrassed the Vancouver Canucksâ€™ 8-2 at General Motors Place.

Goat of the Game:
Roberto Luongo. Whatâ€™s wrong with the Globeâ€™s Greatest Goalie? Seven goals allowed in two first periods at GM Place and 10 goals in less than three games. Is it possible to have an â€œoff-nightâ€ so early in the season?

Combo B:
Curtis Sanford relieved shell-shocked Luongo to start the second period. Enter â€œSandman?â€ Enter four more goals, including Mike â€œDonâ€™t Call Me Kramerâ€ Richardsâ€™ unassisted short-hander through the five-hole late in the third.

Turning Point:
Canucks were trailing only 2-1 after Ryan Shannonâ€™s power play goal when Flyer Simon Gagne scored unassisted on a backhand at 13:11 of the first. The floodgates opened. Richards was first star with two goals and two assists.

Sin Bin:
Jesse â€œBroad Street Bully 2.0â€ Boulerice flattened Ryan â€œAlmost A Flyerâ€ Kesler in the Canucksâ€™ end and then cross-checked him in the face at the other end moments later. Boulerice got a 10-minute match penalty, worthy of a minimum 10-game suspension. Over to you, Colin Campbell.

Statâ€™s Stupid:
Last time the Canucks started a season wearing only blue, green and white was 1977-1978 when they finished 20-43-17, two points shy of the last Campbell Conference playoff berth. Are we in for another long, long season?

I'm glad I didn't bother staying up past 6-2, sounds like things just went from bad to worse. What a shit-show. Hopefully now the team will settle down and get going. Maybe getting this out of the way early in the season is a blessing in disguise. I feel sorry for anyone who ordered this on PPV.

The whole team got away from their success formula last year. Last night was full of defensive breakdowns. Open man unchecked all over the Canucks zone because two players went after the same guy. I watched the Philly broadcast and after a few of the Flyers goal, the broadcasters were saying the way they scored was because the scorer were on the opposite side of the puck carrier, who was able to make a good pass. Well, last season the Canucks would not have even let the pass go through, let alone having the far side guy completely unchecked. A big concern I have for this season is that in the attempt to address last year's weakness, they take away their strength. Maybe it's a good thing they found this out so early. Hard work and strong D were nowhere to be found last night. Bieksa was so symbolic the whole thing. Last year he was a pleasant surprise because he played hard, hit hard, and contributed to the attack from time to time. This year (and late last season too), he appeared to have relaxed too much. He didn't have the same kind of urgency that allowed me to make the team and made a lot of mistakes, partly because he focused more on offense than what made him so successful (hard work and ability to play physical and shut down opponents) The way he was so casual it's amazing that it was Salo not hiim who got hurt in training camp.

I guess this is the first time I would say I'm glad I had to study and didn't order the game. I was checking up on the scores every so often on sportcenter or sportsnet, but it was depressing even to just check the score out. I think that this durbbing puts them into another gear for the next game. Especially on Monday night since I'll be at the San Jose game

well we all know the canucks put out a piss poor performance. now way should you EVER give up a 5 on 3 breakaway!!! they definately got away from what they wanted to do in this game.... unless of course they meant to embarass all of us. lets hope they can regroup and get it together for the Oilers games this weekend. its early in the season, and this game can be burned from our memory with a few dominating wins over the Oilers... and whatever is going on with Luongo needs to be squashed!!